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Levy County gives staff guidance on Crane Pond RV Park amendment but delays formal change
Summary
The Levy County commission offered guidance to staff and the applicant on an amendment to special exception SE2202 for Crane Pond RV Park, urging a written amendment, accountability milestones and a plan before any partial occupancy. No formal amendment was adopted at the meeting.
The Levy County Board of County Commissioners on Monday reviewed a request from the owner of Crane Pond RV Park to amend special exception SE2202 and to "flip flop" construction phases so an administrative building and 16 RV spaces could open earlier than originally planned. The request prompted detailed questioning from commissioners and a staff recommendation that any change be codified in a written amendment returned to the board after legal review.
County planning staff described the background for the special exception and said the permit for an administrative building was issued late in the special-exception timeline. The applicant, identified in the meeting as Ms. Shaikh, told commissioners she had equipment now on-site and asked the board to preserve the project's original overall completion date while allowing the administrative building and 16 spaces to open sooner. "I think we'll be able to get those 16 sites up and ready to go," she said, adding that hurricanes and hiring problems had delayed work.
Staff told the board a six-month extension on the first phase or treating the project as a single phase would give the developer sufficient time to complete site utilities and some buildings but emphasized that an amendment must be drafted, reviewed by legal and returned to the commission. "If we change the phases, the gazebo, the maintenance building ... has to be completed in this phase," staff said while cautioning that partial completion could leave the county with a partially built development if time limits expire.
Commissioners pressed for a written plan showing what will be completed within any new timeframe. Several raised concerns about allowing partial occupancy without clear inspection and permit milestones: "I hate to see this give 6 months and then we have a halfway completed plan," one commissioner said. Another asked staff to return with formal amendment language and a site plan to ensure the public and code reviewers have appropriate detail.
A motion to extend the timeframe for phase 1 by six months and set the remainder for completion by December 2026 was discussed but ultimately withdrawn; staff said it would prepare amendment language and bring the item back to the board so that the public record and legal review would be complete before any change was adopted. "This was just to get guidance," staff said. "I'll work with that and get everything submitted and everything."
Next steps: Staff will draft the amendment, include a site plan and clear milestone language, submit it for legal review and return the revised amendment to the commission for formal action and a recorded vote.
